Philosophy vs. Perspective — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Philosophy and Perspective
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Philosophy
An underlying theory or set of ideas relating to a particular field of activity or to life as a whole
An original philosophy of advertising.
An unusual philosophy of life.
Perspective
The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
Philosophy
Philosophy (from Greek: φιλοσοφία, philosophia, 'love of wisdom') is the study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved.
Perspective
The art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other
The theory and practice of perspective
A perspective drawing
Philosophy
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
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Perspective
A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view
Most guidebook history is written from the editor's perspective
Philosophy
A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour
Don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed, that's my philosophy
Perspective
An apparent spatial distribution in perceived sound.
Philosophy
The study of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning.
Perspective
A view or vista.
Philosophy
A system of thought based on or involving such study
The philosophy of Hume.
Perspective
A mental view or outlook
"It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present" (Fabian Linden).
Philosophy
The study of the theoretical underpinnings of a particular field or discipline
The philosophy of history.
Perspective
An understanding of how aspects of a subject relate to each other and to the whole
A perspective of history.
A need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
Philosophy
The love of wisdom.
Perspective
Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view
The perspective of the displaced homemaker.
Philosophy
(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.
Perspective
The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance
Tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.
Philosophy
(countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
Perspective
The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.
Philosophy
(countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
A philosophy of government;
A philosophy of education
Perspective
Of, relating to, seen, or represented in perspective.
Philosophy
(countable) A general principle (usually moral).
Perspective
A view, vista or outlook.
Philosophy
(archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
Perspective
The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
Philosophy
A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
Perspective
The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Philosophy
Synonym of small pica.
Perspective
(dated) An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way.
Philosophy
To philosophize.
Perspective
(figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
Philosophy
Literally, the love of, inducing the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.
Perspective
The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
Philosophy
A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
[Books] of Aristotle and his philosophie.
We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our school.
Perspective
A perspective glass.
Philosophy
Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.
Then had he spent all his philosophy.
Perspective
A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
Philosophy
Reasoning; argumentation.
Of good and evil much they argued then, . . . Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
Perspective
Of, in or relating to perspective.
A perspective drawing
Philosophy
The course of sciences read in the schools.
Perspective
(obsolete) Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical.
Philosophy
A treatise on philosophy.
Perspective
Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.
Philosophy
A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Perspective
Pertaining to the art, or in accordance with the laws, of perspective.
Philosophy
The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Perspective
A glass through which objects are viewed.
Philosophy
Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation;
Self-indulgence was his only philosophy
My father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it
Perspective
That which is seen through an opening; a view; a vista.
Perspective
The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aërial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects.
Aërial perspective is the expression of space by any means whatsoever, sharpness of edge, vividness of color, etc.
Perspective
The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; - called also linear perspective.
Perspective
A drawing in linear perspective.
Perspective
A way of regarding situations or topics etc.;
Consider what follows from the positivist view
Perspective
The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
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